Scott Baughman (Neelix) Tournament Report - 1E 2012-09-01 - 09:00 AM Money Never Sleeps Introduction The block tournament was the scene of many mirror matches. Round 1 Ryan Sutton FW (+65)View opponent's ReportView original Report Ryan's Klingons had trouble with my Diplomacy and Leadership heavy dilemma combos, especially after I captured Gowron early on with a Cardassian Procedure! Meanwhile, my Ferengi we're doing great against his dilemma combos thanks to Capt. Picard and Data, whom I downloaded with Seek Out New Life (thanks Dr. Christopher via Assign Mission Specialists!) I cruised throw even Gomtuu after I got enough Diplomacy and encountered it at my Outpost mission with Secure Strategic Base on it. The match was going as normal until Scott captured my Gowron which significantly hurt my low number of Klingon Diplomacy personnel. I hit a combo of Scott's that specifically required Diplomacy and I was hard stopped. I never would recover from him taking my Gowron. Scott plowed thru my combos for the FW. Wow ! - The Ferengi are very very strong in Block and when played as flawless as Scott did in this game they become unstoppable. Great Game Scott. Round 2 Nathan Miracle FW (+65) Nathan was also playing legitimate leader, but unlike Ryan had no Battle Bridge deck. He was relying on rotation damage and got me down to Range 5 on the Kurdon once after I failed a Gomtuu combo that stopped a lot of personnel first. Thankfully, his Klingons were struggling to get enough Diplomacy, too. A nice combo of Distracted, Dal'Rok and Dignateries and Witnesses gave him trouble because he was reluctant to bring in Gowron. But, no matter, I was stopped cold by a Dead End AFTER I had gathered up enough Strength to pass Founder Secret at my first mission! Several turns later I had a choice to make - attempt Amnesty Talks with about 7 dilemmas seeded under it (we both seeded things there) or wait one turn and go do the Host Metaphasic mission with no dilemmas remaining and a Dead End on top. I went for the Amnesty and cleared it all on one turn and solved for the win! Good thing, too, because Nathan would have one on his next turn. Round 3 Jeremy Norris FL (-60) Jeremy is new to Trek in general but his Ferengi deck was no joke. He played fast and well with Scientific Diplomacy team, Ferengi Military Operations and the Barash/Gambit crew. I had a good crew early, just not enough of them! I ended up getting bogged down at a mission thanks to lacking a good amount of medical a d Jeremy seeding Medical Crisis. Where'd I put that nurse? Oh well, too late, and Jeremy wins. Closing Thoughts It was a great tournament and I'm glad I didn't crush the new player. This was his first 1E tournament win! Way to go Jeremy!